1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
5 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
8 ¶ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
10 ¶ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. 13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
17 ¶ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Ienaidnieki posta Jūdu
1 Viņa laikā uzbruka Bābeles ķēniņš Nebūkadnecars. Jehojākīms trīs gadus bija viņa kalps, bet tad viņš pret to sacēlās. 2 Un Kungs sūtīja pret viņu kaldiešu, aramiešu, moābiešu un amoniešu pulkus. Viņš tos sūtīja pret Jūdu, lai to izdeldētu, – pēc Kunga vārda, ko viņš bija runājis caur saviem kalpiem, praviešiem. 3 Tiešām, kā Kungs sacīja, tā Jūdai notika – viņš to atgrūda no sevis visu Manases darīto grēku dēļ. 4 Arī nevainīgo asiņu dēļ, ko tas bija izlējis tā, ka Jeruzāleme bija pilna nevainīgu asiņu, – Kungs to negribēja piedot.
5 Pārējie Jehojākīma darbi un viss, ko viņš darīja, – vai tad par to nav rakstīts Jūdas ķēniņu Laiku grāmatā? 6 Jehojākīms apgūlās pie tēviem, pēc tam sāka valdīt viņa dēls Jehojāhīns.
7 Ēģiptes ķēniņš turpmāk vairs negāja ārpus savas zemes, jo Bābeles ķēniņš bija atņēmis visu, kas piederēja Ēģiptes ķēniņam, – no Ēģiptes ielejas līdz Eifrātas upei.
Jehojāhīna valdīšana un gūsts
(2L 36:9–10)8 Jehojāhīns sāka valdīt astoņpadsmit gadu vecumā. Viņš valdīja Jeruzālemē trīs mēnešus. Viņa mātes vārds bija Nehušta, Elnātāna meita, no Jeruzālemes. 9 Viņš darīja to, kas netīkams Kungam, kā bija darījuši viņa tēvi. 10 Tajā laikā Bābeles ķēniņa Nebūkadnecara kalpi nāca pret Jeruzālemi un aplenca pilsētu. 11 Bābeles ķēniņš Nebūkadnecars nāca pret pilsētu, ko bija aplenkuši viņa kalpi. 12 Jūdas ķēniņš Jehojāhīns izgāja ārā pie Bābeles ķēniņa – viņš un viņa māte, viņa kalpi, augstmaņi un einuhi. Bābeles ķēniņš saņēma viņus gūstā savas valdīšanas astotajā gadā.
Jeruzālemes trimda
13 Viņš lika ņemt visus Kunga nama dārgumus un ķēniņa nama dārgumus un izplēsa visas zelta lietas, ko Kunga templim bija darinājis Israēla ķēniņš Sālamans, kā Kungs to bija teicis. 14 Viņš ņēma gūstā visu Jeruzālemi, visus augstmaņus un stipros vīrus – desmit tūkstošus gūstekņu un visus amatniekus un kalējus. Viņš neatstāja tur nevienu, tikai vienkāršos trūcīgos ļaudis. 15 Nebūkadnecars aizveda trimdā uz Bābeli Jehojāhīnu, ķēniņa māti un ķēniņa sievas, viņa einuhus un zemes pārvaldniekus – tos viņš aizveda gūstā uz Bābeli no Jeruzālemes – 16 un arī visus karavīrus, septiņus tūkstošus, tūkstoti amatnieku un kalēju – tie visi bija stipri un varēja doties karā, tāpēc Bābeles ķēniņš tos aizveda gūstā uz Bābeli. 17 Viņa vietā Bābeles ķēniņš iecēla par ķēniņu viņa tēvoci Matanju un pārdēvēja viņa vārdu par Cedekiju.
Cedekija valda pār Jūdu
(2L 36:11–14Jer 52:1–3)18 Cedekija sāka valdīt divdesmit viena gada vecumā. Viņš valdīja Jeruzālemē vienpadsmit gadus. Viņa mātes vārds bija Hamūtala, Jeremijas meita, no Libnas. 19 Viņš darīja to, kas netīkams Kungam, kā bija darījis Jehojākīms. 20 Ar Jeruzālemi un Jūdu tā notika Kunga dusmu dēļ, jo viņš tās atstūma no sevis. Vēlāk Cedekija sacēlās pret Bābeles ķēniņu.
